According to Digitimes, Hewlett-Packard and Dell have "significantly reduced their investments" in the development and production of 10" Pine Trail netbooks. HP might cut the size altogether, Digitimes reports, focusing instead on its 11.6" netbooks. Sales for the 10" machines haven't been strong—Dell's 10" did,…

Dell's May catalog lists the next version of their Mini 10 netbook—the functionally identical 10v—for $299, a full $100 less than its predecessor. Smart move, as price has always been the Mini series' biggest weakness.

The Dell Mini 10, the Mini 9's successor, which is due to start shipping later this week will come with a "fixed" 1GB of RAM, meaning, it won't be upgradable according to Dell. Does this mean that the RAM is soldered in, or fixed on the motherboard? Anyways, it's probably a result of the netbook licensing limitations…